Usain Bolt invites underprivileged kids to Rio base

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Bolt invited a group of underprivileged children to his team's Rio training base

Bolt suffered an injury scare at the Jamaican Olympic trials last month

The Rio Games will run from August 5 to 21, with the final's of the 100m sprint being scheduled on August 14

Usain Bolt with his signature pose (AP Photo)

HIGHLIGHTS

Bolt invited a group of underprivileged children to his team's Rio training base

Bolt suffered an injury scare at the Jamaican Olympic trials last month

The Rio Games will run from August 5 to 21, with the final's of the 100m sprint being scheduled on August 14

Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt took time off his Olympic training schedule to invite a group of underprivileged children to his team's Rio training base.

The visit only became public when Bolt posted a photo on Facebook on Tuesday in which he and dozens of children struck the sprinter's trademark lightning bolt pose at the Navy Physical Education Centre in Rio's north, reports Xinhua.

"They say these children are from the most dangerous communities (favelas) here in Rio. They are our future and I'm very happy I got to meet them," Bolt wrote.

According to Rio2016.com, the children were from nearby favela communities.